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Sacrament Of Wilderness
Nightwish
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SACRAMENT OF WILDERNESS
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 1998 Album OCEANBORN)
Transcribed by A. Casanovas
Words and Music by Tuomas Holopainen
Arranged by Tuomas Holopainen
F#5
2 4 4 x x x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
C#5
x 4 6 6 x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Intro
Q=145
(F#5) (D5) (F#5) (A5) (B5)
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S E H H H S S S S S S E H H E E. S E
||---------------------|-----------|--------------------|----------------||
||o--------------------|-----------|--------------------|---------------o||
||---------------------|-----------|--------------------|--------2----4--||
||---------------------|------7----|--------------------|--------2----4--||
||o-4-4-4-4-4----------|------5----|-4-4-4-4-4----------|--------0----2-o||
||--2-2-2-2-2----------|-----------|-2-2-2-2-2----------|----------------||
(F#5) (F#5) (D5)
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S H
||-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------------|------------7----|
||--4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-7----|
||o-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-5----|
||--2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2------|
1. 2.
(F#5) (F#5) (A5) (B5) (F#5)
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E E. S E W
|----------------------------|----------------------||------|
|----------------------------|---------------------o||------|
|----------------------------|--------------2----4--||------|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-2----4--||-4----|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-0----2-o||-4----|
|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2-2---------||-2----|
F#5 F#5
Gtr I
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7-|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7--|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14p10-10-10-12p10-10-10-15p10-10-10-14p10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
A5
+W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-14p10-10-10-12p10-10-10-15p10-10-10-14p10-10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
B5
W W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7-|-9h10-9p7---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------10p9p7s6h7p6--------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------7p6p4--------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------7p6p4--|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(F#5)
Gtr I
PM--------------~
S S S S S S S S H Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-3h4p3----------------|-4--------------------------|
|-------5p4p2----------|-4--------------------------|
|-------------5p4p2----|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|
(F#5)
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-4---------------------------|
|-4---------------------------|
|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2--|
(F#5) (F#5) (E5)
S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----4---------------------|-------------------------2--|
|---------------4-----------|-------------------------2--|
|-2-----2---2-----2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2---2---2---0--|
Verse 1
(F#5) (F#5) (C#5)
PM--------------------| PM--------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------------|--------------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------------6-|
||--4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-4-4---4---6-|
||o-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-4-4---4---4-|
||--2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-----|
(D5) (C#5)
PM--------------------| PM------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-|-7--7---7-7-7---7-7-6--|
|-7--7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-|-7--7---7-7-7---7-7-6--|
|-5--5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-|-5--5---5-5-5---5-5-4--|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
(B5) (B5)
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|
|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
(F#5) (E5)
W W
|----------|-------||
|----------|------o||
|----------|-------||
|-4--------|-2-----||
|-4--------|-2----o||
|-2--------|-0-----||
F#5 F#5
Gtr I
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7-|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7--|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-14p10-10-10-12p10-10-10-15p10-10-10-14p10-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
A5
+W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-14p10-10-10-12p10-10-10-15p10-10-10-14p10-10-10--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
B5
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10p7-7-7-9p7-7-7-12p7-7-7-10p7-7-7-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
2/4
W W
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9h10-9p7--------------------------|-----------------|
|----------10p9p7s6h7p6-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------7p6p4-------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------7p6p4-|-3h4p3-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-------5p4p2-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------5p4-|
Verse 2
(F#5) (F#5) (C#5)
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------| PM--------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----------------------------|---------------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------------6--|
||--4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-4-4---4---6--|
||o-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-4-4---4---4--|
||--2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2-2-2-2---2------|
(D5) (D5) (C#5)
PM--------------------| PM------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-|-7--7---7-7-7---7-7-6--|
|-7--7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-|-7--7---7-7-7---7-7-6--|
|-5--5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-|-5--5---5-5-5---5-5-4--|
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
(B5) (B5)
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|
|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
(F#5) (E5)
W W
|----------|-------||
|----------|------o||
|----------|-------||
|-4--------|-2-----||
|-4--------|-2----o||
|-2--------|-0-----||
Chorus 1
(F#5) (F#5)
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) (E5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(F#5) (F#5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-5-4---5-4-----4----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-0--|
(F#5) (F#5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) (E5)
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
| W W
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-[5]--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(F#5) (F#5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-5-4---5-4-----4----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-0--|
Bridge 1
(F#5) (F#5) (D5)
Gtr I
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S H
||-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------------|------------7----|
||--4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-7----|
||o-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-5----|
||--2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2------|
1. 2.
(F#5) (F#5) (A5) (B5) (F#5)
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E E. S E Q. q E Q
|----------------------------|----------------------||--------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------o||--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------2----4--||--------------|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-2----4--||-4----4--2-4--|
|-4--4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4--4---4-4-4-0----2-o||-4----4--0-2--|
|-2--2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2--2---2-2-2---------||-2----2-------|
Guitar Solo
(F#5) (F#5) (A5) (A(B5)
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------|
|---3----|
S S E E S S E E Q E S S E E q q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------2------2-4-|
|-----------------------|------------0------0-2-|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2---------|---2-2-2---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \2
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
| S S H +Q E E Q E E Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-7---------[7]-[7]-----|
|-9-7-9---------(9)---7-|---9-----7-------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
(F#5) (F#5) (A(A(B5)
PM-----------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S E E S S E E Q E S S E E q q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------2-2-4--|
|-------------------------|---------------0-0-2--|
|--2--2--2----2-2-2-------|-----2-2-2------------|
|
| / \2
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E H Q. +Q S S E H
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-[7]---[7]---------------|----------------------|
|-------------------7-----|-(7)---------7--------|
|-------------------------|---------9-7---9------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
(F#5) (F#5) (A5) (A(B5)
PM----------------------------------------|
|-3--|
S S E E S S E E Q E S S E E q q Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------2--2-4--|
|----------------------|---------------0--0-2--|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2--------|-----2-2-2-------------|
|
| / \2
| ~ ~~~~~~~~
| S S Q S S Q +Q H H
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------[14]------|
|----------------------|-[9]-------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-7-9---9-7-9---(9)--|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
(F#5) (F#5) (A(A(B5)
PM------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S E E S S E E Q E S S E E q q Q
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------2-2-4--|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------0-0-2--|
|-2--2-2--------2-2-2---------------|-----2-2-2--------------|
|
| ~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-9-10-9-7--------------------------|------------------------|
|----------10-9-7-6-7-6-------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------7-6-4-------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------7-6-4-|-3-4-3------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------5-4-2------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------5-4-2------|
Bridge 2
(F#m) (E) (F#m) (G#m) (A) (E)
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E H
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||--7---------6-----7------9-|-------11-------6-[7]----|
||o-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-|-11-11-12-12-12-7--------|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#m) (E) (F#m)
PM| PM| PM---------------------| ~~
E S S S S E S S Q +S S S S S S S S S S H
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------9-10----o||
|--------------------------|---------------9-11----------||
|-7---------6-----7--------|-------9-11-12---------------||
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9--(9)-9-|-11-12----------------------o||
|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
(F#5) (E5) (D5) (F#5) (A5) (B5)
W H H W H H
||-----------|-----------|----------|------------||
||o----------|-----------|----------|-----------o||
||-----------|-----------|----------|------------||
||--4--------|-2----7----|-4--------|-2----4-----||
||o-4--------|-2----5----|-4--------|-0----2----o||
||--2--------|-0---------|-2--------|------------||
(F#5) (F#5) (A(A(B5)
PM---------------------------------|
|-3-|
S S E E S S E E Q E S S E E q q Q
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-4-|
|--------------------|-----------0-0-2-|
|-2-2-2---2-2-2------|---2-2-2---------|
Keyboard Solo
(F#m) (E) (F#m) (G#m) (A) (E)
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E H
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---------6-----7------9-|-------11-------6-[7]----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-|-11-11-12-12-12-7--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#m) (E) (F#m)
PM| PM| PM---------------------| ~~
E S S S S E S S Q +S S S S S S S S S S H
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------9-10----|
|--------------------------|---------------9-11---------|
|-7---------6-----7--------|-------9-11-12--------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9--(9)-9-|-11-12----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
(F#m) (E) (F#m) (G#m) (A) (E)
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E H
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---------6-----7------9-|-------11-------6-[7]----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-|-11-11-12-12-12-7--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
(F#m) (E) (F#m)
PM| PM| PM---------------------| ~~
E S S S S E S S Q +S S S S S S S S S S H
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------9-10----|
|--------------------------|---------------9-11---------|
|-7---------6-----7--------|-------9-11-12--------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-9--(9)-9-|-11-12----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
Chorus 2
(F#5) (F#5)
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) (E5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(F#5) (F#5)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2-4---2-4--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-----5------|
(D5) N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-5-4---5-4-----4----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------7-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-0--|
Outro Chorus
(A5) (A5) (F5) (G5)
W W W W 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-------||
||--7--------|-7--------|-3--------|-5-----||
||o-7--------|-7--------|-3--------|-5----o||
||--5--------|-5--------|-1--------|-3-----||
N.C. N.C. (A5)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H +E Q
|-12-10-8---------------------------------|-----------------*|
|---------12-10-8-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------10-9-7------------------|-----------------*|
|------------------------10-9-7-----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------------------10-8-7----|--------------7--*|
|--------------------------------------10-|-8-7-5----(5)-5--*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths